BUSA 667. Analytic Mindset.

Providing an overview of today's principal health care organizations including health promoting hospitals, community agencies, health maintenance organizations, etc. Gaining insight into the operation of these organizations by analyzing their intrinsic similarities and differences. Introduction to the analytical tools used to manage specific organizations and to formal approaches that improve managerial effectiveness. Key concepts in financial management, people management and organizational strategy stimulate participants to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of their own organization. Strategy, structure, sourcing and delivery are explored in a systematic way that allows participants to view the managing process as a melding of art, craft and science.